Your donations and support have allowed us to do many awesome things this half-year that we hope you enjoy! We will continue to work hard to give you the best free, libre, and open-source chess experience. Read our Half-Year Update 2026 to see how we have changed for the better.

The next $1,000 ChessMood 20/20 Grand Prix Qualifier will be held on 2026-08-20 at 20:00 UTC! The event is open to all Lichess streamer teams. Read our full announcement and register your team now.

You can now change the opacity of your background picture! Open the account menu, go to Theme settings, select Picture, and adjust the Background image opacity.

Please note that the default opacity is set to 50%. You can set it to 100% to restore the previous appearance of your image.

Congratulations to team Online World Chess Lovers by @Gouravprithyani for winning our Streamer Arena July 2026! Congrats also to K2N_chess for taking 2nd place, to TIM NASIONAL CATUR ONLINE INDONESIA for 3rd place, and to ChessExpertsTeam for 4th place. Thanks to all participating streamers and 1,629 registered players!

The Chess Programming Wiki is back! One of the most valuable resources for chess programming is now hosted by Lichess. While edits and logins are currently disabled, we’re working on restoring such features soon. Stay tuned!

Our 2026 Lichess Meetup will take place in Prague, Czech Republic, on September 20! Join us for an open OTB blitz event, snacks, and camaraderie. Boards and sets will be provided. More details coming soon!

Team messages now appear on the new Team Updates page, instead of going in your inbox!